# Drizly funding: rounds and investors

> Drizly has raised $35M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include Polaris Partners, Suffolk Equity Partners and Vayner/RSE. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/drizly (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Drizly*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 26 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Internet

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$35M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources

**$2.3M** Seed **$2.5M** Seed **$13M** Series A **$15M** Series B **$2.0M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $2.0M Feb 2017
- **Led by:** Polaris Partners
- **Biggest round:** $15M Series B · Aug 2016
- **Investors:** 26 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2014 2015 2016 2017

**$2.3M** Seed

**$2.5M** Seed

**$13M** Series A

**$15M** Series B

**$2.0M** Series B

- **First round:** Seed, $2.3M
- **Biggest round:** $15M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months

## The rounds

- **Feb 2017** Series B **$2.0M** *1 returning* [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) Lead Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $17M sold, first sale Jul 2016
- **Aug 2016** Series B **$15M** *1 returning* [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Jul 2016
- **May 2015** Series A **$13M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) [Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) [Cava Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cava-capital) [Suffolk Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suffolk-equity-partners) [First Bev](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-bev) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Apr 2015
- **May 2014** Seed **$2.5M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Vayner/RSE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vayner-rse) [Gary Vaynerchuk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gary-vaynerchuk) [Continental Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/continental-investment-group) [Suffolk Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suffolk-equity-partners) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2014** Seed **$2.3M** *22 new* [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Vayner/RSE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vayner-rse) [Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) [Abundance Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abundance-partners) [Ty Danco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ty-danco) [Continental Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/continental-investment-group) [Lars Albright](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lars-albright) [Breakaway Innovation Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakaway-innovation-group) [Suffolk Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suffolk-equity-partners) [Walt Doyle](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walt-doyle) [Chase Garbarino](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chase-garbarino) [Pat Kinsel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pat-kinsel) [Reynolds & Company Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reynolds-and-company-venture-partners-llc) Alex Doll Alex Keith Charles Meyer Chris Merrill Fred Shilmover Ivan Mitrovic Julian Jung T.J. Mahony Tom Crotty From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **James Cory Rellas** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Joe Cory Grabmeier** Executive Officer i
- **Nidhi Cory Kumar** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Barkley Cory Stuart* *Pat Cory Kinsel* *Paul Cory Purcell*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2016 **Series B** 2017 [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) L [Suffolk Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suffolk-equity-partners) [Vayner/RSE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vayner-rse) [Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) [Continental Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/continental-investment-group) [Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) [Gary Vaynerchuk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gary-vaynerchuk) [Cava Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cava-capital) [Abundance Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abundance-partners) [Ty Danco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ty-danco)

## Everyone who backed them

[Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) VC firm **3** rounds, led 1

[Suffolk Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suffolk-equity-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[Vayner/RSE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vayner-rse) VC firm **2** rounds

[Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Continental Investment Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/continental-investment-group) VC firm **2** rounds

[Atlas Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture) VC firm **1** round

[Gary Vaynerchuk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gary-vaynerchuk) VC firm **1** round

[Cava Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cava-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Abundance Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abundance-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Ty Danco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ty-danco) Angel **1** round

[Lars Albright](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lars-albright) Angel **1** round

[Breakaway Innovation Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakaway-innovation-group) VC firm **1** round

[Walt Doyle](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walt-doyle) Angel **1** round

[Chase Garbarino](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chase-garbarino) Angel **1** round

[First Bev](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-bev) Growth equity **1** round

[Pat Kinsel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pat-kinsel) Angel **1** round

[Reynolds & Company Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reynolds-and-company-venture-partners-llc) VC firm **1** round

Alex Doll no record of our own yet **1** round

Alex Keith no record of our own yet **1** round

Charles Meyer no record of our own yet **1** round

Chris Merrill no record of our own yet **1** round

Fred Shilmover no record of our own yet **1** round

Ivan Mitrovic no record of our own yet **1** round

Julian Jung no record of our own yet **1** round

T.J. Mahony no record of our own yet **1** round

Tom Crotty no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=drizly).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Drizly as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Avenir](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avenir) VC firm Per its own site

[Equity Group Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equity-group-investments) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Drizly

### Who invested in Drizly?

Drizly's investors include Polaris Partners, Suffolk Equity Partners, Vayner/RSE, Fairhaven Capital and Continental Investment Group, and 21 more on record. Polaris Partners led its latest round.

### How much has Drizly raised?

Drizly has raised $35M across 5 rounds since 2014.

### When did Drizly last raise?

Drizly's most recent round was a Series B of $2.0M in Feb 2017, led by Polaris Partners.

### What was Drizly's biggest round?

Drizly's largest round on record is $15M (Series B), in Aug 2016.

### Who backed Drizly first?

Drizly's first round on record, in Jan 2014, was backed by Atlas Venture, Vayner/RSE and Fairhaven Capital and 19 others.

### What stage is Drizly at?

Drizly's latest named round is a Series B, in Feb 2017.

### Where is Drizly based?

Drizly is based in the United States.

### Who led Drizly's rounds?

Polaris Partners led the Series B in 2017.

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